emphasis - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

intensity or forcefulness of expression

Synonyms

• emphasis
• vehemence

More generic

• intensity
• intensiveness

More specific

• overemphasis

Noun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

Synonyms

• accent
• emphasis
• stress

More generic

• inflection
• prosody

More specific

• accentuation
• pitch accent
• sentence stress
• tonic accent
• word accent
• word stress

Noun

special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

Synonyms

• emphasis

More generic

• rhetorical device

More specific

• topicalization

Noun

special importance or significance

Synonyms

• accent
• emphasis

More generic

• grandness
• importance

More specific

• focus
• stress

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